Finance Assistant Wokingham, England
Job description
Job Description
Financial Assistant
Based in Wokingham
Full Time
An excellent opportunity for an ambitious, financially-minded individual to join a successful business within a thriving leisure and hospitality sector.
We are a small, friendly finance team working for a highly regarded company within the hospitality industry. This is a full-time position based in our Wokingham office.
We are looking for someone with purchase ledger and bookkeeping experience to work full-time as our Financial Assistant.
A key element of your role will be the smooth handling of data processing, ensuring that invoices are handled accurately and also assisting with month-end reconciliations.
Main Responsibilities (reporting to the Finance Manager):
- Maintaining the purchase and sales ledgers.
- Work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure that orders placed are captured and matched to invoices.
- Reconciliation of accounts and statements.
- Posting supplier invoices and credit notes.
- Preparation of weekly payment runs and setting up of payments on banking software
- Liaising with suppliers as necessary.
- Ensuring accounts data is up to date, accurate and reconciled.
- Preparing orders for the 6 group sites
Requirements
- Proven experience in a purchase ledger environment for at least 2 years
- Ability to work with limited supervision.
- Experience with an accounting package. Knowledge of Xero and/or Sage 50 experience would be an advantage.
- AAT qualification is preferred but not essential.
- Enjoy working with people and being able to work as part of a team in the hospitality industry.
- Good communication skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Word packages including Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Able to work accurately, with excellent attention to detail.
- Willing to assist with general office administration and assisting the company operations management team as/when required.
Salary dependent on experience.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £32,000.00-£36,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Wokingham, RG40 2NJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Accounting: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
